FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER — MARCH 4 2015 EDITION– A Chevy Impala became totally engulfed in flames at the busy intersection of Jefferson and Park boulevards last Wednesday afternoon. Sergeant Roger Kinney of the West Sacramento Police Department said the driver learned his vehicle was smoking as he exited a nearby freeway offramp. The incident occurred [...]

NEWS-LEDGER — FEB 25, 2015 – By Al Zagofsky Correspondent The West Sacramento Nugget Market has offered wine tasting events, generally every other Friday evening since opening their doors, and a respectable following of wine tasters has attended these tastings so predictably that they gave themselves a name, “The Nuggeteers.” Nugget’s next Wine & Cheese [...]

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER – The West Sacramento Foundation offers grants to nonprofit organizations for programs that exclusively benefit West Sacramento residents. Deadline for this year’s applications is March 20 (no hand deliveries accepted). Visit www.westsacfoundation.org and download a grant request form. Questions? Call Charlie Moore, 417-5623. Do you like what you see here? [...]

FROM THE NEWS-LEDGER NEWSPAPER – You’re invited to meet West Sacramento’s new Assembly member, Kevin McCarty: 12:30-2:30 p.m. tomorrow (Sat., Feb. 28) at the Club Pheasant restaurant, 2525 Jefferson Blvd. Light refreshments served. RSVP to Assemblymember.McCarty@assembly.ca.gov or (916) 324-4676. Do you like what you see here? You can support local journalism, support this [...]

NEWS-LEDGER — FEB 25, 2015 News-Ledger Staff A joint city-county program to take homeless people off the river and help them get into a life of social services, jobs and permanent housing comes to an end at the end of February. Yolo County spokeswoman Beth Gabor told the press that about 100 volunteers and staff [...]

NEWS-LEDGER — FEB 18, 2015 – By Al Zagofsky Correspondent “We are weaving the stories of women’s lives into the fabric of the history of Yolo County and also get young women interested in history by involving them in the program,” said Shipley Walters, Yolo County Historian and Secretary for the Yolo County Women’s History [...]

NEWS-LEDGER — FEB 18, 2015 – News-Ledger Staff Would you like to serve on the next Yolo County Grand Jury? Each July 1, the local court empowers a panel of 19 people to serve on this independent arm of the local judicial system. “The primary civil function of the grand jury is to review the [...]